Mt Mercy honors 60 graduates in 1967 commencement
The Mt Mercy College commencement speaker, Most Rev Loras J Watters, praised graduates for arriving without picket lines or play ins. He linked the liberal arts foundation to Church tradition and urged graduates to share spiritual truths and the dynamic world.
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Mt. Mercy College
Loras J. Watters
Dubuque
Archdiocesan
Nativity Parish
Mt. Mercy
Bishop Watters
Mary Kay Bading
Ann Bar
Manj Lauder
Marilyn A. Stoecker
Ellen Vlach
Mary Col
Liberal Arts College
Rome
Outward Bound Camps and Youth Experiences Take Wing
A survey of summer programs including Outward Bound schools in Colorado North Carolina Oregon Minnesota and Maine offers adventure focused education for ages 16 and up. Highlights include survival training firefighting mountain climbing and boat handling with about 1500 participants this season and scholarships covering half who qualify.
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Colorado
North Carolina
Oregon
Wild North
Minnesota
Hurricane Island
Rocky
Maine
Britain
Minnesota Woods School
Washington Jefferson Baccalaureates Tonight
Baccalaureate services for Washington and Jefferson high schools are set for 8 p m in school gyms. Washington will hear Dr John P Woods speak on Nothing Succeeds Like Work with the orchestra performing Allegro Non Troppo by Shostakovitch and choirs singing pieces by Tchesnakoff and Track. Jefferson will feature Rev George Pimlott on Be an Example for the Believers with Kenneth White directing Mendelssohn and choirs performing Agnus Dei and Sing Unto God. Commencement follows Wednesday for Jefferson and Thursday for Washington.
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Washington and
Jefferson High Schools
Washington
John P. Woods
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Washington Orchestra
Shostakovitch
John Duckwall
Lord God
Tchesnakoff
John Quinn
Jefferson
George Pimlott
St. James Methodist Church
Kenneth White
Jefferson Orchestra
Athalia
Mendelssohn
Terrence Carlson
God
Pam Anderson
Dick Neighbor
Two Washington Students to Attend FBLA National Convention
Two Washington high school students Ron Murphy and Cindy Feiereisen will travel with Iowa and Wisconsin peers to the FBLA national convention in San Francisco. Chaperone Mrs. Karl Kelleher, Washington business education teacher, will accompany them as the group flies from Des Moines on a chartered plane. FBLA comprises about 100000 students preparing for business careers.
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Washington
National Convention of Future Business Leaders of America
FBLA
San Francisco
Ron Murphy
Forest Drive
Cindy Feiereisen
Grande Avenue SE
Des Moines
Iowa
Wisconsin
Karl Kelleher
Scarlet Angels Drill Team Heads to Midwest Appearances
The Cedar Rapids based Scarlet Angels marching drill team tours Clinton Iowa and Waukesha Wisconsin this weekend. They compete in Badgerland events and perform at Lions club events while aiming for a future VFW convention appearance. The group, organized in 1960, has 24 members with nine in color guard and four student directors.
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Scarlet Angels
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Waukesha
Wis
Badgerland
Badgerland Organization
State Lions Club
Cedar Rapids Eagles Lodge
American Legion
Amvets
VFW
Lions Clubs
E. R. Mowrey
Ellis Boulevard
LaSalle Class of 1967 to Graduate 97 Tonight
LaSalle High School will graduate 97 students at 8 tonight in the school gym. Commencement speaker is Larry McGrath, past president of the Archdiocese Council of Catholic Men, on The Role of the Layman in the Church Today. Diplomas will be given by Rev. Robert McDonald. principal Brother Henry Power welcomes.
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LaSalle High School
Larry McGrath
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men
Robert McDonald
St. Patrick's Parish
Henry Power
FSC
LaSalle
Mary Rita Stallman
Adrian Rehak
John Rehak
Mary Pat McGurk
Victor Breemeersch
Donald Ament
Steven Ard
Steven Badger
Aleida Barta
Mary Bartosh
Gregory Bergeron
Bonnie Blake
Maureen Boston
Cecelia Brown
Robert
Computer misgrading at John Carroll causes all A's
In Cleveland the university's faulty computer awarded every student an A in every course. Officials warned some A's will be removed as the system error is corrected. The problem caused widespread concern though Providence was deemed fickle.
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Cleveland
UPI
John Carroll University
Providence
Pakistan Adopts Metric System Under New Assembly Act
RAWALPINDI Pakistan AP under a new national assembly act Pakistan becomes the 71st nation to adopt the metric system of weights and measures. It has used the decimal currency system for seven years.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
National Assembly
Notre Dame Shifts to Lay Run University
Notre Dame will move governance from the Holy Cross Fathers to a lay board, ending 125 years of clerical control. The six priest trustees will be replaced by a lay majority, aligning with Vatican II principles and university leadership under President Rev. Theodore Hesburgh. Separately Jacqueline Grennan says Webster College will also go secular after resigning from her order.
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South Bend, Ind
University of Notre Dame
Fathers of Holy Cross
Notre Dame
Theodore Hesburgh
Jaqueline Grennan
Webster ‘College
Missouri
Webster
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